As a pediatric endocrinology nurse practitioner, Tammy McCarty, ARNP cares for children, adolescents, and young adults with diseases affecting the body's endocrine system (a collection of glands that produce hormones that regulate your body's growth, metabolism, and sexual development and function).

She earned her bachelor of science degree from Lesley College in Cambridge, Mass. She continued her medical training, completing a masters of science in nursing from MGH Institute of Health Professions in Boston, Mass.

Tammy McCarty is a Certified Family Nurse Practitioner and an Advanced Registered Nurse Practitioner.